Elizabeth
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Hagen Brothers Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Elizabeth

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* unknown
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1961
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Hagen Brothers Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1958-00-00	Hagen Brothers Circus from James M. Cole Circus

Record history
History of updates	2021-09-14

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Elizabeth is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1961 at Hagen Brothers Circus, in United States, .

Origin

Elizabeth was born unknown .

Comments / pictures

Records about Elizabeth from Bob Cline

ELIZABETH
Female Asian 1947 to 1950 - James M. Cole Circus
1951 to 1957 - Owned by James M. Cole on various shows
1958 to 1961 - Hagen Bros. Circus
Died - 1961 ( execution by gunshot )

Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Records about Elizabeth from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
The James M. Cole Circus toured from 1946 thru 1950. Their first elephant "Frieda" was on the show from the start, the other two "Elizabeth" and "Dorothy" were imported in 1947. After the show closed, Mr. Cole retained the elephants as an independent act, 1951-´57, during the time Mr. Dykes pictures were taken, after which all three were sold in 1958 to Hagen Bros. Circus (Howard Suesz)
Buckles

William "Buckles" Woodcock

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Elizabeth, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Hagen Brothers Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 4 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6170. (archived at the Wayback machine)